Walcott, Derek (Vol. 9) | Walcott, Derek 1930–
Walcott, Derek 1930–
Walcott is a West Indian poet and playwright. With the publication in 1962 of In a Green Night, he was hailed as the first outstanding Caribbean poet. A recurring theme in Walcott's verse is the isolation of man, and in particular the isolation of the artist. His drama is characterized by a concern with the influences modern society brings to bear on man. (See also CLC, Vols. 2, 4.)
[The Caribbean plays of Derek Walcott] are not precisely Latin American, having been written in English and Trinidadian patois, not Spanish or Portuguese…. Yet Walcott's plays are not in the naturalist and/or militant mainstream of North American black drama of the past decade. Whether or not the Latin American influence is direct, indirect, or coincidental, the affinities of Walcott's poetic folk dramas to such plays as The Mulatto's Orgy and On the Right Hand of God the Father are greater than to the...
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